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With Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague.

10 Oct 2013 06:47:50

Papers

Here's a round-up of this morning's newspaper headlines:

10 Oct 2013 06:44:31

Today's running order

Subject to change

0615

Business news with Simon Jack on news that the partial shutdown of government is into its tenth day
and the deadline for raising the debt ceiling - the amount the federal
government can borrow to pay its bills - is just a week away. Plus, news
that Royal Mail's shares
will be priced at 330p, valuing the whole of Royal Mail at £3.3bn, the BBC has
learned.

0709

The BBC has learned that Royal
Mail shares will be priced at 330 pence when they go on sale - the maximum
possible under the terms of the flotation. The BBC’s business editor Robert
Peston gives his analysis.

0712

Researchers
at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit, who last year identified
a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice, have used an
orally-administered compound to block the pathway, and prevented
neuro-degeneration. Professor
Giovanna Mallucci, neurologist at the University of Leicester who led the
research, outlines what the study found.

0716

Business news with Simon Jack.

0719

For the first time in a few years the police
service of Northern Ireland is recruiting. Andy Martin, the BBC's Belfast
correspondent, reports.

0724

The Home Secretary Theresa May told the
Conservative Party conference last week that she would make it harder for
illegal immigrants to appeal against deportation. The BBC's home affairs editor
Mark Easton reports.

0738

The United States has completed a review of
its military aid to Egypt, sparked by the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi
back in July. Aaron David Miller, a former adviser in the US State Department,
and Ayman Salama, a retired general in the Egyptian
army, give their reaction to the news.

0740

The paper review.

0743

It is "Super Thursday" in the
publishing world - the day when publishing houses put out some of their best
titles for the Christmas market. Will Gompertz, the BBC's arts editor, examines
whether there is still a place for big releases of in print in a market
increasingly dominated by e-books.

0748

Thought for the Day with the Reverend Dr
Michael Banner, dean and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

0751

The last major deployment of British troops in Afghanistan take
over from their colleagues today, and when they leave in six to nine months’
time it will pretty much be the end of Britain's involvement in the country. Dr
Margaret Evison, whose son, Mark, was killed on patrol in Afghanistan in 2009,
reflects on the campaign.

0810

New immigration laws to deter illegal
immigrants from coming to the UK will be announced by the Home Secretary
today. Paquita de Zulueta, a GP who has worked in the NHS for 30 years,
and Home Secretary Theresa May discuss the new tougher laws that will be put
into place.

0830

Some of the biggest firms in the construction
industry have said that they will set up a fund to compensate workers who were
blacklisted from working on building sites. The BBC’s Industry
correspondent John Moylan explains how the blacklist was uncovered following a
raid by the Information Commissioner's Office in 2009.

0835

The last sizeable British force to go to
Helmand in southern Afghanistan begin their deployment late. Afghanistan
correspondent David Loyn who was with the very first patrol in Helmand in
January 2006 and has been there almost every year since, reports on what
Britain will leave behind.

0840

It is "Super Thursday" in the
publishing world - the day when publishing houses put out some of their best
titles for the Christmas market. Waterstones' chief executive, James Daunt, and
Alex Heminsley, the author and critic, discuss how much life remains in the
market for the traditional paper book

0845

Business news with Simon Jack.

0849

What makes a good spin doctor - reat
negotiation skills, a strong character and a well-fitting suit? Former spin
doctor Lance Price and actor Pilou Asbaek, who plays the troubled spin doctor
Kasper Juul in the Danish political drama Borgen, discuss the art of relaying
political rhetoric.

0850

There
is a book being published today about what atheists can learn from the practice
of religious faith. Author of the book, Matthew Kneale, and co-founder of the
Sunday assembly A Godless Congregation, Pippa Evans, discuss whether learning
about religion encourages a celebration of the richness of religious belief.